On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> wrote:
> I started writing this in more depth, but noticed that it might simply not
> be implementable, so I'll just start with a basic description.
>
> When preserveDrawingBuffer is false, the buffer is cleared when it's
> actually composited. Would it be possible to clear the buffer as soon as
> the JS code returns to the browser, rather than waiting for compositing, so
> the time of compositing can't affect script behavior?
>
> This would be efficient with triple-buffering--you just flip the
> backbuffers--but I don't know if that can be done on more restricted
> implementations, especially ES ones.
This question has been raised before; see
http://www.khronos.org/webgl/public-mailing-list/archives/1104/msg00135.html
for example. Please check the archives, and see if there's new
information or thoughts on topic.
-Ken
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